Thanks Sara. I’m trying not to worry too much because I’m in remission with my UC and don’t want to start another flare....
I got a coronary calcium scan in 2016 as a screening tool because heart disease is in my family. The test results were perfect but through the CT they saw a small nodule on my lung. I’ve had two...
I’m new to all of this. I mostly hang out on the ulcerative colitis board. I had a chest CT that incidentally found an enlarged thyroid and multiple nodules that the suspect have microcalcifications....
A true whole food plant based(forks over knives) diet eliminates meat, dairy, eggs, sugar and oils. I’ve been a lacto ovo vegetarian for 31 of my 47 years and I still developed UC. I believe stress...
Interesting. I was getting flu-like symptoms once I switched from the name brand Canasa to the generic ones. That’s when all of my symptoms recently started to where I needed to get a new...
I haven’t had a calprotectin test yet. My CRP before the colonoscopy was 2. Doctor said it was normal. I feel like many of my symptoms are in my stomach-burping, indigestion and a nervous, jumpy...
My diagnosis is confusing. Prior to my Nov 15th colonoscopy I only had proctitis. The doctor didn’t see any inflammation during the colonoscopy but he did see “abnormal vascularities” in the...
I just had a colonoscopy on November 15th. I have a similar pattern as you although it was not inflammation but vascular abnormalities. Waiting on my Dec 16th follow up appt. I have always felt my...
Had my colonoscopy on Nov 15th and told I’m in remission. My follow up appt is on Dec 16th. I’ve been taking Canasa suppositories for maintenance. Typically, I only have one normal BM a day. Last...
Thanks for your response. This whole thing has been confusing. The nurse from the GI office said doctor said I’m in remission but the biopsy results don’t correlate with what he saw during...
This post makes me nervous. My insurance is switching from CIGNA to BCBS as of the new year. So far I’m only taking generic Canasa and supposedly our new policy is identical to the one we have with...
Was diagnosed with proctitis 8 years ago. Mostly been in remission. Biopsy of cecum and ascending colon showed “findings consistent with quiescent phase of a chronic inflammatory response”. Rectal...
Sometimes I think getting sick with a cold or other virus can cause us to have a flare. If I were you I’d be doubling up on my probiotics and also increasing the meds just in case. Enemas are so...
I really wish I had an upper endoscopy done too. I’ve never had one. At the very least, for the fact that I experience reflux. I’m sure I’ll be talking to my GI doc more about those symptoms more if...
I will consider myself lucky then because if I have pancolitis I’m not having any symptoms-no diarrhea, no mucous, no blood and no urgency. Maybe this is the very beginning of it all and I can get...